Chinese Barbecue Sauce Recipes

ASIAN BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients except sugar in a bowl.
• Cook sugar in a dry heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel. Tilt pan and carefully pour in hoisin mixture (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved and sauce is thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Serve with shrimp, swordfish, pork, or chicken.
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CHAR SIU: CHINESE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine all of the ingredients, except for the salt, in a double boiler and mix well. Alternatively, you can combine the ingredients directly in a saucepan, but this method will require more frequent stirring to avoid sticking or burning on the bottom.
• Simmer over medium to medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until the sauce begins to thicken. Taste and add salt, if needed.
• Once the sauce has thickened, remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Use right away on your favorite recipes, or let cool off completely and transfer to a container with a lid to store in the fridge.

CHINESE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a bowl,( or a jar with a tight fitting lid), until the sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate until you are ready to use it.
• *You can set aside some for use as a dipping sauce, but you must first bring it to a full rolling boil, over med. heat, then reduce the heat to low, and simmer until it is thick, and slightly reduced.
• **When you are ready to cook, marinate meat for 4-24 hours, turning once every two hours. You then grill or broil the meat until it is cooked through,(and slightly charred- this adds to the flavor!).

CHINESE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine ingredients; cook over low heat 10 minutes. Brush onto ribs or chicken and barbecue.

CHINESE BARBEQUE PORK (CHAR SIU)

Steps:

• Place soy sauce, honey, rice wine, hoisin sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, five-spice powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and curing salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil on high heat; reduce heat to medium-high. Cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature.
• Cut pork roast in half lengthwise. Cut each half again lengthwise forming 4 long, thick pieces of pork.
• Transfer cooled sauce to a large mixing bowl. Stir in red food coloring. Place pork sections into sauce and coat each piece. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 to 12 hours.
• Preheat grill for medium heat, 275 to 300 degrees F (135 to 150 degrees C) and lightly oil the grate. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Remove sections of pork from marinade and let excess drip off. Place on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt to taste.
• Transfer pork sections to grate over indirect heat on prepared grill. Cover and cook about 45 minutes. Brush with marinade; turn. Continue cooking until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 185 and 190 degrees F, about 1 hour and 15 minutes more. Do not use any more marinade on cooked meat until after you boil it.
• Place leftover marinade in saucepan; bring to a boil; let simmer 1 minutes. Remove from heat. Now you can use it to brush over the cooked pork.

CHINESE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except 2 tbsp of the orange juice and the cornstarch.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 25 minutes,stir occasionally.
• Mix cornstarch with remaning 2 tbsp of orange juice until smooth,stir into sauce.
• Increase temperature to medium high.
• Bring to a boil,stirring constantly until sauce thickens.
• Brush sauce on grilled chicken,steak or fish during last 5 minutes of grilling.

QUICK AND TANGY CHINESE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together ingredients and use as needed.